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Vigilant Powers: Three Churches of Early Medieval Armenia: 8 (Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages) - Hardcover

Maranci, Christina

 
9782503549002: Vigilant Powers: Three Churches of Early Medieval Armenia: 8 (Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 2503549004 ISBN 13: 9782503549002
Publisher: Brepols N.V., 2015

Synopsis

This book opens to the reader the world of early medieval Armenia: its sacred landscapes, striking churches, and rich literary and religious traditions. Examination of three sculpted and inscribed monuments, produced during the "global" wars of the seventh century, demonstrates the close engagement of Armenia with Byzantine imperial interests and with contemporary events in the Holy Land. The dramatic context of the military frontier, and the apocalyptic expectations of its contemporaries, shaped a vibrant visual culture with ties to both the Byzantine and Sasanian worlds. The seventh-century monuments of Armenia are important not just as an extraordinary moment of local cultural production; they fill a crucial gap in our knowledge about the medieval traditions of the Christian East at a time from which little survives from Constantinople and the imperial heartland. Vigilant Powers is the first English-language book devoted to the subject.

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Review

..".well written, profoundly erudite, and a pleasure to read. [...] Specialists within [this] field will find a trove of material for further discussion, in tune with Maranci's arguments." --Patricia Blessing, The Medieval Review, 16.08.26

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Publisher
Brepols N.V.
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
2503549004
ISBN 13 
9782503549002
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
274